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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SETA

New and used motor vehicles

Prices for new and used motor vehicles fell 0.4% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 0.3% in the month.

12 months−0.4%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+0.3%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+1.9%seasonally adjusted
Index126.31982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

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Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

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Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026126.3+0.3%−0.4%
July 2026126.4+0.2%−0.4%
June 2026125.9+0.0%−0.5%
May 2026124.8−0.2%−0.8%
April 2026124.2−0.2%−1.0%
March 2026123.7−0.1%−0.9%
February 2026123.3−0.1%−1.2%
January 2026123.7−0.5%−0.9%
December 2025124.9−0.3%+0.5%
November 2025126.0—+1.2%
September 2025126.3−0.0%+1.7%
August 2025126.8+0.3%+2.1%
July 2025126.9+0.1%+1.8%
June 2025126.5−0.3%+1.3%
May 2025125.8−0.3%+0.5%
April 2025125.5+0.0%+0.4%
March 2025124.9−0.3%−0.3%
February 2025124.7+0.1%−0.0%
January 2025124.9+0.8%+0.7%
December 2024124.3+0.4%−1.3%
November 2024124.5+0.6%−1.9%
October 2024124.1+0.2%−1.8%
September 2024124.2+0.4%−2.4%
August 2024124.2+0.0%−4.3%
July 2024124.7−0.5%−4.4%

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SETA and CUSR0000SETA). BLS did not collect October 2025 prices, so changes spanning that month are blank. Shown for context: consumer prices do not feed CycleWatch's recession model.